PROJECT MANAGER EVALUATIONS HF

Job description

PLEASE NOTE that only applications submitted in English can be considered by our non-French speaking partners at Sanofi worldwide. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you post your resume in English.
Program SaVIE (VIE of Sanofi) is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28.
Enterprise:
Sanofi is a global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare and supporting the people we serve throughout the continuum of care. From prevention to treatment, Sanofi transforms scientific innovation into healthcare solutions, in human vaccines, rare diseases, multiple sclerosis, oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular solutions and consumer healthcare. More than 110,000 people at Sanofi are dedicated to make a difference on patients’ daily life, wherever they live and enable them to enjoy a healthier life.
Sanofi is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY).
For more information, please visit http://www.sanofi.com
Missions:
Internal Control & Processes has undergone a recent reorganization with several changes in positions. This includes the newly formed Evaluations department which integrates the ICFR (SOX) department's activities with current similar activities from the monitoring department. As the newly formed department have not been granted additional head count, despite the integration of additional workload, an immediate need has arisen for this position and request. The department has also undergone several unexpected key employee turnover which needs to be absorbed into the project at the same time. The need has especially been identified for the first phases of the integration and transformation of the department, but may be extended based on further development of the new processes within the new department.
We would also like to use the opportunity to train and develop the incumbent which may be required to support the
required specialized skills necessary to stabilize this department and potential further employment at the end of the period.
The Internal Control Department aims at designing the Internal Control framework and monitoring the implementation of a reliable control environment. Internal Control Department has been recently reorganized and a new team
- Internal Control Evaluations
- has been created, integrating SOX activities and monitoring activities. Part of the Evaluations Corporate department, the VIE is supporting the development of the newly formed department, assisting the Head of the Department to manage the different projects and interacting with the network (internal control, audit).
1) Project management activities: Assist the Head of the Department to manage projects, which includes:
Internal process improvement project (e.g. Integration of SOX and CSA processes)
Preparation and maintenance of Internal Control Assessments and Testing Methodology
Preparation of material and execution of training regarding the above
Support to users and network regarding the assessments processes
Project to improve tools (Interact)
Project to integrate Sox Tool into Interact (estimated 6 month project)
GIA collaboration project
2) Analytical activities: Preparation of data and reports which includes:
Data to configure SOX, CSA and Self Testing
Preparation of reports and presentations from the main tool (Interact)
Preparation of data for key finance KPI's
Collaboration with Monitoring team regarding ad-hoc topics
Profile:
University or Business School with a major in finance and/or similar
Engineering school a plus
Experience :
- Experience in internal/external audit and/or internal control
- International experience
- Project management
- SAP or any IS knowledge would be a plus
- Experience in pharmaceutical industry would be a plus
Professional skills 1 attitude and behaviour requested:
- Proficient with Microsoft Office: especially Excel and Powerpoint
- Highly self-motivated, willing to learn about a wide variety of functions & procedures within finance & internal control
- Analytical and communication skills
- Be able to work in a team and be able to work under pressure during projects with deadlines
- As team and internal customer base consists broadly of multinationals, ability to adapt to this international set up and new culture
FULL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH IS MANDATORY
proficiency in German is a plus